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<br />ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of -0.3 indicates that for December <br />the basin water supplies were near normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that January 1 <br />snowpack was 110% of normal. Flow at the gaging station <br />Arkansas River near Portland was 326 cfs, as compared to <br />the long-term average of 403 cfs. Storage in Turquoise, Twin <br />lakes, Pueblo, and John Martin reservoirs totaled 65% of <br />normal as of the end of December. <br /> <br />Administrative/Manaaement Concerns <br />The Winter Water system grand total was 45,903 <br />acre-feet at the end of December, which represents a <br />substantial improvement from last year's storage at this time <br />of 32,640 acre-feet. The previous five-year average for this <br />period is 53,488 acre-feet. <br />Conservation storage in John Martin Reservoir has <br />also improved from last year. Storage since November 1" <br />has been 8,801 acre-feet, compared to storage a year ago <br />for the same period of 2,314 acre-feet. Inflow contributions <br />from the Purgatoire River have been particularly strong. in <br />helping build the improved storage amount. Conservation <br />storage is shared between Kansas and Colorado with 60% <br />attributed to Colorado ditches below John Martin Reservoir <br />and 40% designated for use by Kansas. <br />The U,S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to <br />complete channel improvements between Pueblo Reservoir <br />and the Fountain Creek confluence during the winter storage <br />period with minimal impact to the Pueblo Winter Water <br />Storage Program. <br /> <br />Jan-D5 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"""""" <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />>. <br />~ <br />"., <br />~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />.....~___Jln.a:I.-..oI-.a2..-m..-...ot.-..m <br />.....,- <br /> <br />~ ..- tR F<RT\JlNl, R.Oi'/frf WOB<"- <br /> <br />31J,f11J <br /> <br />1l!l,f11J <br />1,= <br />114lf11J <br /> <br />g 13J,tID <br />~ <br />~100.cm <br />~= <br />:> <br />:l! lIl,f11J <br />OOj,(OO <br /> <br /> <br />2J,f11J <br /> <br />o <br />Cll <br /> <br />f1i> <br /> <br />MId> <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />Dee <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />Ibo <br /> <br />-+-YET(1m4) <br /> <br />~<Rf(2Il2) <br /> <br />-+- /W, <br /> <br />..,...2l6 <br /> <br />FEmESENTATM.R:SER.ORS <br /> <br />,.,... <br /> <br /> <br />"'''''' <br /> <br />".... <br />1i <br />1100,(0) <br />. <br />. <br />a.,,,,, <br />! <br />"..... <br />~ <br /> <br />"."" <br /> <br />.,... <br /> <br />Jdn""" <br /> <br />",,"0 <br /> <br />TlIQ..Jlise <br /> <br />Tv.inl.akes <br /> <br />IAo,g. 12131 Co1;Erds <br /> <br />E112131J04CatEn1s <br /> <br />4 <br />